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John and Kaylen Paredes have captured their neighbor's attention with their twinkling lights, inflatable Santas, and other dazzling displays on the Southside.

Under the settlement, whose terms were shared with CNN by the plaintiffs, San Marcos is required to issue a public apology, pay a total of $175,000 to the plaintiffs and provide mandatory police training on how to properly respond to voter intimidation.

The city of San Marcos, Texas, settled a lawsuit this week filed by four supporters of Joe Biden who said local police failed to protect them from harassment in 2020 as they rode in a Biden campaign bus.

Four people on a Biden campaign bus accused police of ignoring requests for help as they drove on Interstate 35 surrounded by Trump supporters. They alleged that officers “joked about the victims and their distress." A second lawsuit related to the incident remains pending.

The City of San Marcos has settled a lawsuit over law enforcement response to the 2020 "Trump Train" incident.

San Marcos police officers and professional staff must receive training on responding to political violence and voter intimidation and ways to develop community

San Marcos police officers and professional staff must receive training on responding to political violence and voter intimidation and ways to develop community trust as part of a legal settlement

San Marcos police officers and professional staff must receive training on responding to political violence and voter intimidation and ways to develop community trust as part of a legal settlement approved Tuesday over a 2020 incident in which a caravan of Trump supporters were accused of harassing a Biden campaign bus as it drove on Interstate 35.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County

Four people on a Biden campaign bus accused police of ignoring requests for help as they drove on Interstate 35 surrounded by Trump supporters. They alleged that officers "joked about the victims and their distress."

Four people on a Biden campaign bus accused police of ignoring requests for help as they drove on Interstate 35 surrounded by Trump supporters. They alleged that officers "joked about the victims and their distress."